Zero Possum project enters new phase
The Zero Possum project has entered an exciting new phase, featuring a high-tech farm… More
One year into Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
Fri 31 May 2019
It’s working – Taranaki community’s predator control is expanding at a rapid pace, removing rats, possums and stoats, disrupting the threats facing native wildlife and plants.
Read moreNative bird returns after 112 years
Fri 12 Apr 2019
A tiny native bird, the toutouwai (North Island Robin), has returned to Pukeiti Garden for the first time in 112 years after intensive trapping has created a safe haven.
Read moreVolunteers needed to unite urban trappers
Thu 04 Apr 2019
New Plymouth volunteers are sought to help unite urban trappers and take predator control to the next level as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki.
Read moreA possum a day in Oākura
Tue 02 Apr 2019
Oākura residents on a mission to eradicate possums from the town are helping catch a possum a day.
Read moreGPS tracking collars on predators in rural Taranaki
Thu 14 Mar 2019
GPS tracking collars on wild stoats in rural Taranaki may look cute, but they will provide vital information to help understand these notorious predators.
Read moreCommunity benefitting from Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
Thu 14 Feb 2019
New Plymouth students and residents are already experiencing benefits from Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, as residents unite to support biodiversity by removing predators - the biggest project of its kind in New Zealand.
Read more'Perfect honeymoon' removing possums in a New Zealand-first
Fri 25 Jan 2019
A new married couple are spending their honeymoon removing possums in New Zealand’s first large-scale possum eradication operation, as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki.
New trapping technology for rural New Plymouth
Tue 18 Dec 2018
New trapping technology is helping the large-scale removal of stoats, ferrets and weasels in rural New Plymouth – the first step in a large scale rural operation that will be a New Zealand first.
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